Re: Gametabs Logo
fatalfable
Location: New York, New York City Joined: May 13 2009 |
im no graphic designer, all ive done from that category was a graphic designing class i took back in middle school. Im just putting up my opinion on your idea and i think its great and something that should be given some time to. But as im writing this i just noticed that gametabs does have a logo and its on the top left corner on the screen but it would be cool to have an improvment of it since it seems a bit generic.
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Re: Gametabs Logo
Maikoi92
Linsey Location: Belgium Joined: Apr 21 2009 |
Well I was more thinking of something that includes the actual words "gametabs", "gametabs.com" or something alike. I like that picture/logo at the top though, but I think there should be something next to it with the words of the website itself. To me it feels like something's missing up there :P But that's just my opinion heh.
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Re: Gametabs Logo
yoshistrings
ヨッシー Location: trapped in an egg Joined: Oct 29 2007 |
Maikoi92 said
It's gametabs.net. NET I tell you. |
Re: Gametabs Logo
fatalfable
Location: New York, New York City Joined: May 13 2009 |
i guess you could just simply put the website name on the printer/console thing. It kinda looks like an snes just without the controler ports and such.
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Re: Gametabs Logo
Maikoi92
Linsey Location: Belgium Joined: Apr 21 2009 |
sorry yoshi!! I'm too used to .com! It would end up being too hard to read putting it on the NES :P
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surreal
Eric: tank,godlike Location: Arizona Joined: Jan 04 2009 |
So I demanded a friend of mine to do a superior logo. I'm pleased to inform you he out did himself.
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derek14014Joined: Jun 18 2009 |
I am a design student and just completed my first year, so I know basic designing skills, I could probably create a logo but you know,.. don't expect too much. |
Re: Gametabs Logo
Jacob31593
Location: Tampa, FL Joined: Jan 04 2009 |
auriplane said
the shading was very detailed, especially since you say it was done in paint i use to make video game sprites and i dare say sir, you are a fraud! fixed |
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Jacob31593
Location: Tampa, FL Joined: Jan 04 2009 |
i didnt know photoshop auto shaded and whatnot, hell i should of used it back in my spriting days |
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archardJoined: Jan 11 2007 |
I would definitely appreciate it if someone would be so kind as to make some text to go with the logo. I have the PSD if someone does decide to do it.
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Maikoi92
Linsey Location: Belgium Joined: Apr 21 2009 |
That PSD would be helpful heh. I'd love to try it out, and it seems like others do to ^^
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auriplane
Joined: Sep 06 2008 |
Um . . . I'm not a graphic designer but I figured I'd try anyway.
Text without background:
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TheDoomOfAllFires
VG Maniak Location: France Joined: Aug 26 2008 |
That's nice.
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Re: Gametabs Logo
Maikoi92
Linsey Location: Belgium Joined: Apr 21 2009 |
So um.. I'm not sure how to make it appear here, the [IMG] code thing doesn't seem to work on this forum >.< http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k205/Melumi/gtheader_whl-1.png
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Re: Gametabs Logo
Jacob31593
Location: Tampa, FL Joined: Jan 04 2009 |
Maikoi92 said
this is one of few forums that uses HTML over BBC :p
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Maikoi92
Linsey Location: Belgium Joined: Apr 21 2009 |
Ooh I never knew there was an insert image button, thanks! ^^
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archardJoined: Jan 11 2007 |
I like auriplane's text, but I like Maikoi's 1-up replacing the dot. Can we combine the two?
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Kain
What is... Gee-taar? Location: Tennessee Joined: Mar 13 2009 |
Agreed... But what if it was a poison mushroom? ...Bad memories...
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Re: Gametabs Logo
Maikoi92
Linsey Location: Belgium Joined: Apr 21 2009 |
sure hehe, auri has my .psd so she could modify it ^^
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Re: Gametabs Logo
Jacob31593
Location: Tampa, FL Joined: Jan 04 2009 |
Kain said
IT MUST BE GREEN |
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Kain
What is... Gee-taar? Location: Tennessee Joined: Mar 13 2009 |
So Oscar the Grouch and Kermit are gods? And Frog from Chrono Trigger?
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Re: Gametabs Logo
Tanimax
Location: In your room stealing your musics Joined: Mar 24 2009 |
Sincr I'm going on holdiay, and am too lazy to do it before then, here's my idea... which can be intergated on to anyones. Put a piece of tablature ontot he text... like inside the outline, faintly bump mapped. And choose a piece people will recgonise... if the notice it ;) |
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SpiderTemplarius
Music hunger Location: Poland Joined: Oct 22 2008 |
It look nice, but I think that mushroom should be a bit bigger (in that way it could be moved a liitle lower - if bigger mushroom would be too little 'dot-like') :] That's what I mean: |
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Vic9mm
The Fingerstyle Mechanic Location: Dallas Texas Joined: Aug 27 2008 |
I just love how archard lets us have the option of creating stuff for his site and allowing us to be apart of this site. This is the best forum i have ever been apart of bar none. Its like one big family!
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Re: Gametabs Logo
Maikoi92
Linsey Location: Belgium Joined: Apr 21 2009 |
Yeah Vic, I agree :) Hm I noticed a link in the shoutbox earlier which had like, a blue banner at the top saying Gametabs, and under that 'video game tablature'. Maybe we could implement that too? Like in small letters to the bottom right of Gametabs.net. Just an idea!
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Re: Gametabs Logo
SpiderTemplarius
Music hunger Location: Poland Joined: Oct 22 2008 |
@Maikoi92, you mean this?
Right, in this way logo could looks more completely. |
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Vic9mm
The Fingerstyle Mechanic Location: Dallas Texas Joined: Aug 27 2008 |
that looks awsome i also love the colorthat would be a nice color for the site im just saying
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Re: Gametabs Logo
Maikoi92
Linsey Location: Belgium Joined: Apr 21 2009 |
Yeah! that's what I meant. I'm not sure, I like green... XD but blue is pretty too of course.
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Re: Gametabs Logo
SpiderTemplarius
Music hunger Location: Poland Joined: Oct 22 2008 |
It's just part of screenshot taked from link that you mentioned (old logo version). Tomorrow I'll try to make the green one. This is what I made... |
Re: Gametabs Logo
archardJoined: Jan 11 2007 |
SpiderTemplarius said
That's the logo from the old site. Eeinx made that many moons ago.
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LTRobson
"I saw a film today. Oh boy." Location: England Joined: Jan 15 2010 |
How's this? Preview in position: Banner: |
Nah.. I like current one much
SpiderTemplarius
Music hunger Location: Poland Joined: Oct 22 2008 |
Nah.. I like current one much more. |
Why's that Spider?
LTRobson
"I saw a film today. Oh boy." Location: England Joined: Jan 15 2010 |
Why's that Spider? |
Logo should be simple and
SpiderTemplarius
Music hunger Location: Poland Joined: Oct 22 2008 |
Logo should be simple and clean. The current one is that. And I LIKE the current one. Anything else? |
I'm not having a dig at you
LTRobson
"I saw a film today. Oh boy." Location: England Joined: Jan 15 2010 |
I'm not having a dig at you Spider... ^^ But this lettering is more simple and cleaner? It's not changed too much - keeping the theme. And the logo, if you call the NES the logo is something we talked about on the chat - the current NES has sheet music coming out of it and this being a tab site... well I tried to have a go at it, several designs..but since it's a really small area, there's not much that can be done. But I also realized that the NES in the current picture is technically wrong(!), the stripe doesn't go across it like that. The background is recreated with a slight change on the fading. I had a go at the lettering too, because I found a nicer font, aligned it in line with the things below (Latest tabs, latest forum posts ect). These thing's most people won't think of but it's important to get positing right. Auri (bless her) (she's great at her music) did the font and and I know she said she's not a designer/artist. I spent 3 years at Art College but dropped out because I got into music more and I love my dog :) |
I fully agree about align -
SpiderTemplarius
Music hunger Location: Poland Joined: Oct 22 2008 |
I fully agree about align - thanks to that layout would like even better. I'm not sure about tab part - right this site is more about tab than sheet music, but honestly - this deosnt bother me. Actually I have nothing against putting there tabs instead of notes, but you should make it bigger than your current proposition - now it looks more like text than tabs (characters are so small!) - try make those tabs a bit bigger (like current notes) so anyone who looks at logo could notice that this is really tab. And last thing that suits for me more in current logo - there is more contrast (maybe because of outline?) - it makes logo look clean (this is just my opinion). |
http://uxmag.com/design/reali
auriplane
Joined: Sep 06 2008 |
http://uxmag.com/design/realism-in-ui-design The new NES is more realistic, but doesn't as immediately represent the concept of "game music" to me
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LTRobson
"I saw a film today. Oh boy." Location: England Joined: Jan 15 2010 |
Cool. This is like with any design proposition, whatever your experience, whatever you're ideas, it really comes down to what the client wants. Client in this case is Archard, so really, instead of mucking about when it could be a waste of time :) , I'll just wait till he visits and gives word on it. I agree if the tab was bigger (it does just look like text, but definitely not sheet music) it would have more uniqueness.. |
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SpiderTemplarius
Music hunger Location: Poland Joined: Oct 22 2008 |
auriplane said
Have to agree - that's what I meant by calling current logo 'simple'. Too much details are breaking the 'Logo' concept - graphic sign that sould be easy to understand and remember, the more simple the better. |
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LTRobson
"I saw a film today. Oh boy." Location: England Joined: Jan 15 2010 |
auriplane said
Oh yeah, it's just keeping and not straying for the original. SpiderTemplarius said
NESs are quite simple looking though, and that's a vector image like the current one. - If you've got any better ideas than an NES.. |
Yeah, it's Archard's site,
auriplane
Joined: Sep 06 2008 |
Yeah, it's Archard's site, and the decision is up to him--but that doesn't mean no one should give any input. What I was trying to say with the link is yours is an actual NES, and it looks like someone removed the internals, inserted some printer guts, and is printing out something too small to see. (Also, the sheet needs a left margin.) The original logo is a slightly genericized game console, deliberately less photorealistic, outputting a representation of music. It represents game music. IOW yours is more like a picture than a logo. As for the text, that's a matter of aesthetics. I have no opinion on the text
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Vic9mm
The Fingerstyle Mechanic Location: Dallas Texas Joined: Aug 27 2008 |
LTRobson said
I really like that better then the one now looks real instead of cartoonish good job on that one LT. Maybe put in a few lines of tab on the sheet that would be even better.
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I appreciate the effort LT,
archardJoined: Jan 11 2007 |
I appreciate the effort LT, but I agree with auri that it looks more like a picture than a logo. The logo has to be distinctive, and that's what the 'cartoony' logo we have now does.
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It was actually some real tab
LTRobson
"I saw a film today. Oh boy." Location: England Joined: Jan 15 2010 |
It was actually some real tab coming out of the NES there, taken from one of the top tabbers on the site. Hehe. I think they're both distinctive, where else can you see a picture of a NES printer.. Suppose the same image could be cartoonised* and the text bigger. Would you like that archard? I wouldn't mind the current NES myself, if only the stripe was going the right way. |
I like it the way it is, I
Rick
Unusual Joined: Apr 17 2007 |
I like it the way it is, I really like the cartoony feel, it's really laid back and exciting. LT's design feels much more formal, and no offense to anyone, of course it's just my own personal opinion but I hate that font xD
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Maikoi92
Linsey
Location: Belgium
Joined: Apr 21 2009
Is it just me or does gametabs not seem to have any kind of logo or banner? :O Like something that shows at the top of the webpage, it feels like something is missing there!
Why don't we call up the graphic designers in here (which I know there are at least a few, including me), let them design one, or a few, and put up a poll to decide which one will be used?
Soo, what do you all think, does sounds like a good idea?
(Graphic designer is a big word, I mean anyone who has experience with that kind of stuff)